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Pushover

2023 · 7 min

A short, tense, funny nightmare that grows stranger and more threatening with each call, leaving you uneasy and amused.

Overview
A man's life is upended by increasingly threatening phone calls demanding he leave a review for a paperweight purchased online.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • obsession
    • isolation
    • madness
    • power
    • identity
    Places
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror3
    Humour6
    Realism5
    Romance0
    Tension7
    Darkness6
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy, thriller
    Directed by
    Brian Lederman
    Written by
    Brian Lederman
    Starring
    Josh Tobin, Juan Carlos Diaz, Tomas Delgado, David Ebert, Ron Barba, Ronald Barshop, Krista Komondor, Mary Kate Magee
    Runtime
    7 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    English

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